Well, not quite everyone was on the Easter tour, and six of us (me, Bob, Ray Wren, Robert, Margaret & Vic) met for elevenses at Guildford on a glorious morning which turned into a very warm, cloudless day. All six continued to lunch, Bob by his own route. The main group struggled up The Mount and along the Hogs Back trackway, dropped down to the Watts Gallery to pick up NCN22, then rode alongside the Hogs Back through Puttenham and Seale, turning at Runfold to head for Badshot Lea and Aldershot.
Our first ever visit to The Queen Hotel at Aldershot (a more classy than usual Wetherspoons) did not disappoint, and the Manager's Special (cod and chips at £2.49) was particularly well received! Before setting off for home we first made a slight detour round the environs of Aldershot, where ex-barracks and other former military areas are under a massive transformation into housing, then picked up the canal towpath to Ash. We paused briefly at Normandy to view some preserved Aldershot & District buses, then headed through Pirbright to Brookwood where we went our separate ways, suitable tea venues being difficult to find on Easter Sunday.
Many thanks to all for your company and for an enjoyable (I hope) ride!
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